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Tim Lant
Director of Program Development at Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development and The BioDesign Institute, ASU
Tim Lant is a professional with over 14 years of experience in actuarial, healthcare, finance, and information technology. He specializes in strategic planning, management, policy analysis, and risk assessment.
His direct healthcare experience spans various sectors including investment banking, group health insurance, health policy, public health emergency preparedness, and mathematical epidemiology.
As the Director and Chief Scientist of the Evidence-Based Exercise Program at Arizona State University, Tim leads modeling and simulation-based decision-support exercises for homeland security and public health risks.
He is also the Research Director of Arizona State University's Decision Theater, a multi-million dollar visualization facility for strategic decision-making and policy analysis.
Tim has authored numerous presentations, technical reports, policy briefings, and peer-reviewed journal articles focusing on risk-based decision-making using quantitative and qualitative methods.
His expertise includes scenario planning, modeling and simulation, exercise and evaluation, complex systems, policy analysis, information technology, actuarial sciences, and finance.
Tim holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Arizona State University, a Master of Actuarial Science from Georgia State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Georgia State University.
He has held various leadership positions in renowned organizations such as the Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development & The BioDesign Institute at ASU, BARDA, and the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.
Throughout his career, Tim has demonstrated a strong ability to conduct outreach, build coalitions, and develop strategic and operational plans in collaboration with diverse stakeholder groups.
His professional and research focus lies in the design, development, and implementation of decision systems using computational modeling, simulation technologies, and human planning processes for complex challenges in biosecurity, defense, and environmental sustainability.
